This report outlines Thurrock Council’s Digital and IT Strategy for the years 2017 to 2020. It covers all aspects of Smart, Digital and IT, and outlines a strategic direction that will position Thurrock as a leading digital borough.

Councillor Hebb, Portfolio Holder for Finance and Legal Services, presented the report to the Cabinet and in doing so highlighted he felt the Council needed to embrace technology.  He continued to comment it was not just IT infrastructure that was required to be improved, but also digitalising services. 

Councillor Hebb explained the strategy would take Thurrock on a journey to become a ‘digital exemplar’ and meet wider community ambitions, around place making and economic growth.

It was discussed that the second recommendation was to have regular updates presented to both the Cabinet and Corporate Overview and Scrutiny Committee.

RESOLVED:

1.         That the Connected Thurrock Strategy be approved;

2.         As a result of the feedback received from the meeting of the Corporate Overview & Scrutiny Committee on 14th March 2017,  a regular update be presented to both Cabinet and Corporate Overview & Scrutiny as the strategy moves to the practical implementation stages; and

3.         That sign-posting support for resident (users) is documented on the Contact Us page on the Council’s website.

Reason for Decision - as stated in the report

This decision is subject to call-in